Historic Churches

John Barrett: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners what recent discussions the Church Commissioners have had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on funding for the preservation of historic churches.

Stuart Bell: Church of England staff have been meeting regularly with officials from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The focus of these discussions continues to be around identifying national, regional and local sources of funding and support for faith groups which will enable them to adapt their buildings for community use and build on their capacity to engage at local and regional level.
	A joint paper is being produced by the Treasury, DCLG, the Office of the Third Sector, DCMS and DEFRA in conjunction with representatives of the Church of England. Bringing together all these Government Departments illustrates the huge potential that church buildings have to help Government meet their agenda.

Water Charges: Churches

John Pugh: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners what recent discussions the Church Commissioners have had with Government Ministers on levels of utility charges on places of worship.

Stuart Bell: Church representatives are continuing to engage not only with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs but also with a number of Government officials and representatives of Ofwat about the grossly unfair water charging regime. The Archbishops Council takes the lead in these discussions but it does so with the Church Commissioners support.

Banks: Finance

Jim Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with banks in receipt of recapitalisation or asset-based loan guarantees on the future use of  (a) direct tax avoidance practices and  (b) special purpose vehicles by such banks.

Ian Pearson: We cannot comment on affairs of individual taxpayers because of taxpayer confidentiality. We vigorously challenge tax avoidance—through the courts if necessary—including where the taxpayer is partly owned by the Government and we expect banks to fully comply with their tax obligations. That is why the Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked HM Revenue and Customs to publish shortly a draft code of practice on taxation for the banking sector—so that banks will comply not just with the letter but the spirit of the law.
	Further information about the undertakings made by participating detailed terms of entry into the Asset Protection Scheme have been finalised.

Banks: Iceland

David Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will request the Financial Services Authority to undertake an investigation of the appropriateness of advice given to local authorities and police authorities by Butlers in relation to the depositing of funds in Icelandic banks.

Ian Pearson: Financial advisers are regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), and it is for the FSA to determine whether or not any particular firm is meeting its regulatory obligations. Local authorities are responsible for their own investment decisions and guidance issued by Communities and Local Government requires them to produce an annual investment strategy which is approved by the full council.

Cash Dispensing

David Jones: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the 600 free automated teller machines for low-income areas proposed in December 2006 are in operation in  (a) the UK,  (b) Wales,  (c) Denbighshire and  (d) Conwy county borough.

Ian Pearson: Further to the written statement I issued on 18 December 2008, 37 more free-to-use ATMs are in operation in the low-income target areas across the UK, bringing the total to 564. Of these 564 machines, 76 are located in Wales, tw in Denbighshire and two in Conway council.

Minimum Wage

Jon Cruddas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the estimated £29 million recovered on behalf of employees who were underpaid or not paid the minimum wage under the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 had been repaid to such employees on the latest date for which figures are available.

Stephen Timms: HMRC do not keep separate statistics on amount of arrears paid or not paid to workers.

Public Expenditure

Justine Greening: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what money was spent in each Department from the Modernisation Fund in  (a) each of the last four years and  (b) 2008-09 to date.

Yvette Cooper: holding answer 16 December 2008
	 The Modernisation Fund provides support to Departments to meet the transitional costs associated with releasing savings over the CSR period and embedding ongoing efficiencies over the longer-term.
	The Modernisation Fund has been in operation since 2007-08. Amounts drawn down by departments are shown in the following table and are also set out to Parliament in Supplementary Estimates.
	All Departments are also expected to improve services and deliver improved value for money from within their spending review settlements.
	
		
			  £000 
			  Department  2007-08  2008-09 
			 HM Revenue and Customs 68,759 90,000 
			 National Savings and Investments — 1,102 
			 Charity Commission 2,600 — 
			 Ministry of Justice 70,000 —

Royal Bank of Scotland

Dai Davies: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what meetings were held between Lord Myners and representatives of the Royal Bank of Scotland between 6 and 12 October 2008 inclusive; which officials of his Department took part in each meeting; and if he will place on his Departmental website agendas and minutes of each meeting.

Ian Pearson: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the remarks made in the other place by the Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Myners) in response to Lord Smith and Lord Howard on 2 March,  Official Report,  House  of Lords, columns 585-86.
	Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.

Transport: Costs

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the percentage change in real terms of the cost of travelling by  (a) private car,  (b) bus,  (c) train and  (d) aeroplane since (i) 1979 and (ii) 1997.

Paul Clark: holding answer 13 March 2009
	Between 1979 and 2008 the real cost of motoring declined by 17 per cent. bus and coach fares increased by 55 per cent. and rail fares increased by 49 per cent. in real terms.
	Between 1997 and 2008 the real cost of motoring declined by 13 per cent. bus and coach fares increased by 17 per cent. and average rail fares increased by 7 per cent. in real terms.
	The costs of travelling by air are not available from the retail prices index. However, the cost of the average UK one-way air fare, including taxes and charges, covering domestic and international flights fell by 49 per cent. between 1997 and 2006, the latest date for which figures are available.

Playing Fields: Private Sector

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of sports facilities owned by industrial concerns which have closed in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 6 March 2009
	Sport England has advised that the Active People data indicates that four sports facilities owned by industrial concerns have closed in the last 10 years.

Royal Mail

Jacqui Lait: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent discussions his Department has had with the private sector on the future ownership and management of Royal Mail.

Patrick McFadden: The Department and our advisers have had discussions in recent weeks with a number of potential partners with experience of transforming a major business who are interested in entering into partnership with Royal Mail.
	At this stage of the process, only the Dutch postal service TNT has made their interest public.

Low-Carbon Industrial Summit

David Kidney: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps his Department plans to take to assist UK manufacturers to obtain orders as a result of the outcomes of the low-carbon industrial summit.

Ian Pearson: The Government set out their vision to make the UK the best place to locate and grow a low carbon business on 6 March. A programme of work is under way and we will publish a Low Carbon Industrial Strategy in the summer.
	We are making sure the UK is a leader in the development and production of low carbon vehicles, that low carbon innovative companies are supported through the Technology Strategy Board, Carbon Trust, Energy Technologies Institute, universities and RDAs, and that we have a strong renewables and civil nuclear supply chain industry.

Business Finance

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent discussions he has had with business organisations on the availability of finance for businesses; and if he will make a statement.

Ian Pearson: The Department is in regular contact with businesses organisations.
	In particular, the Small Business Forum and the Small Business Finance Forum meet frequently and discuss a range of issues affecting businesses throughout the United Kingdom, including access to finance. Membership of each includes the CBI, IoD, BCC, FSB and FPB. Additionally, Regional Ministers host regular economic councils to ensure that the issues and concerns of each region are heard and acted upon where appropriate.

Departmental Public Consultation

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many public consultations his Department has conducted in the last 12 months; how long each consultation was open for; how many responses were received in each case; and what the cost of conducting each consultation was.

Patrick McFadden: The number of public consultations conducted between February 2008 and January 2009 was 36. This includes those relating to the energy sector up to 3 October when DECC was formed and responsibility for energy issues was transferred to that Department. Consultations were open for at least 12 weeks, in line with the code of practice, except in a small number of cases where ministerial approval was gained for a shorter period. The number of responses received ranged from zero to several hundred. Providing the costs of conducting the consultations could be done only at disproportionate cost.

Royal Mail: Pensions

Geraldine Smith: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the estimated saving to Royal Mail of suspending employer contributions to the Post Office Staff Superannuation Scheme between 1 April 1990 and 1 April 2003 was, expressed in 2008-09 prices.

Patrick McFadden: holding answer 13 March 2009
	There is no single answer for the possible accumulated current value of the suspended contributions as it would involve the need to make complex assumptions over the period since 1990, based on decisions taken by a number of interested parties. The fund was judged to be in surplus in 2001.

Union Modernisation Fund

Francis Maude: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1700W, on the union modernisation fund, whether his Department's officials made any informal minutes or notes of the meeting.

Patrick McFadden: holding answer 12 March 2009
	Officials, acting in their capacity as the secretariat to the board and in accordance with a decision of the board, kept a record of the decisions taken at the UMF Supervisory Board meetings.

Video Games: Sales

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps the Government plans to take to ensure age restrictions on purchasing video games are adhered to for online purchases.

Patrick McFadden: The needs and rights of children are central and integral to the Government and they have placed the safety of children and young people at the heart of their policies.
	It is illegal to sell or supply 18 rated video games to people under age through online retailers. This falls under the remit of trading standards officers. In the Byron review action plan, the Government committed to working with trading standards on monitoring underage game sales and this work is ongoing.

Air Pollution: Greater London

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on how many days air pollution recorded on Neasden Lane, NW10, exceeded  (a) moderate,  (b) high and  (c) very high levels in the last 12 months; and what level of such pollution poses a risk to public health.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The monitoring site at Neasden Lane is the responsibility of the local authority and is part of the London Air Quality Network (LAQN). The LAQN is facilitated by the Association of London Government on behalf of the 33 London Boroughs and is operated and managed by the Environmental Research Group (ERG) at Kings College London. Air quality information from the monitoring site at Neasden Lane, including historical data, can be found at:
	http://www.londonair.org.uk/london/asp/default.asp?la_id =&showbulletins=&width=1280
	The UK air quality strategy sets air quality objectives for the protection of human health. These objectives are reflected in the Air Quality (England) Regulations 2002 and similar regulations for devolved administrations. All local authorities are required to work towards these objectives. EU legislation sets similar limit values for air pollutants, with which the UK must comply.
	For PM10 (small particles) the limits are:
	50 microgrammes/m(3) daily mean not be exceeded more than 35 days a calendar year
	An annual mean concentration of 40 microgrammes/m(3)
	For nitrogen dioxide (NO2) the limits are:
	1 hour mean concentration of 200 microgrammes/m(3) not to be exceeded more than 18 times a year
	An annual mean concentration of 40 microgrammes/m(3)
	These are based on World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines. Health effects of air pollutants are described in detail in the (draft) COMEAP (Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution) report "Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution: Effect on Mortality" at:
	http://www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/comeap/statementsreports/longtermeffectsmort2007.htm

Departmental Data Protection

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what IT security strategy his Department has in place; what steps are being taken to ensure the policy is being followed; what policy is in place on the use of encryption when data are sent externally; and what sanctions are in place for use should the policy not be followed.

Huw Irranca-Davies: h olding answer 26 February 2009
	Information is a key asset to Government and its correct handling is vital to the delivery of public services and to the integrity of HMG. The Security Policy Framework, the Data Handling Report and the National Information Assurance strategy produced by the Cabinet Office provide a strategic framework for protecting information that Government handles and put in place a set of mandatory measures to which departments must adhere.
	DEFRA's strategy is to implement all mandatory measures and achieve compliance with the new measures as appropriate for the departments' business purposes.
	Guidance to staff is regularly updated and compliance is checked by line managers, information asset owners and internal audit as appropriate.
	Secure procedures are in place for transferring protectively marked material outside of the Department.
	Depending upon the circumstances, a range of sanctions are available including disciplinary or administrative action, and in extreme or persistent cases, termination of employment/services and, if appropriate, criminal proceedings.

Departmental Internet

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish a copy of his Department's website accessibility plan.

Huw Irranca-Davies: DEFRA intends to comply with Level Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines by December 2009.
	Contact details for obtaining a copy of our website accessibility policy are available on our website at:
	www.defra.gov.uk/accessibility
	I have asked officials responsible for the accessibility policy to send a copy to you.

Anti-Semitism

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what reports he has received on levels of anti-Semitism in Northern Ireland since December 2008; and if he will make a statement.

Paul Goggins: The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister is responsible for matters relating to equality and community relations, including issues surrounding anti-Semitism.
	I am advised that the Police Service of Northern Ireland record crimes or incidents that have a religious motivation, however these are not routinely broken down into different faiths. The Police Service of Northern Ireland have advised me that there have been five such crimes or incidents since December 2008, including at least one of an anti-Semitic nature.

Departmental Rail Travel

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost of travel by train by staff in his Department was in each year since 1997.

Paul Goggins: The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is unable to provide this information in the format requested. However, the following table provides details of the Department's invoiced expenditure for travel by train, excluding Agencies and Executive NDPBs, since the 2001-02 financial year when an expenditure code for train costs was created:
	
		
			  Financial Year  Expenditure (£) 
			 2007-08 60,599 
			 2006-07 92,420 
			 2005-06 74,788 
			 2004-05 36,458 
			 2003-04 60,775 
			 2002-03 21,040 
			 2001-02 31,043 
		
	
	The expenditure figures shown in this table include invoiced travel by all employees of the Department.
	Train fares can also be reimbursed for staff on official business through travel and subsistence claims. These are posted to the finance system as miscellaneous travel expenses but the isolation of staff costs for train travel would involve a manual investigation of payment vouchers and travel and subsistence claims which could be carried out only at disproportionate cost.
	The Department advises that, before any business related journey is made, each member of staff should take into account the most cost effective means of transport, for example mileage costs and car parking. The Northern Ireland Office keeps the cost of travel on official business under regular review.

Veterans Day: Northern Ireland

Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he plans to hold events in Northern Ireland to mark Veterans Day on 27 June 2009.

Kevan Jones: I have been asked to reply.
	A number of local communities within Northern Ireland have plans to hold Armed Forces Day (previously known as Veterans Day) events on or around 27 June 2009 including Carrickfergus, Ballymena and Bangor. The Ministry of Defence (Armed Forces Day Project Team) will be providing organisers of these events with financial assistance in the form of a grant to support their events where these meet MOD's requirements for promoting the day.

Community Justice Centres

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what percentage of defendants attending Salford Community Justice Centre have  (a) re-offended and  (b) complied with their sentence since the centre opened;
	(2)  what percentage of defendants attending the Community Justice Centre in North Liverpool have  (a) re-offended and  (b) complied with their sentence since the centre opened;
	(3)  what assessment he has made of the effects of the pilot Community Justice Centre in Liverpool and the Salford Community Justice initiative on sentencing;
	(4)  what assessment he has made of the effects of the pilot Community Justice Centre in Liverpool and the Salford Community Justice initiative had on  (a) public perceptions of the criminal justice system and  (b) the re-offending rate;
	(5)  what the re-offending rates have been from the community court schemes in  (a) Salford and  (b) Liverpool;
	(6)  what the attendance rate by the accused  (a) at court in England and Wales and  (b) at each individual community justice court was for the most recent period for which information is available;
	(7)  how many qualitative evaluation reports of  (a) the North Liverpool Community Justice Centre and  (b) Salford Community Justice Centre he has received;
	(8)  where each of the community justice courts in England and Wales is located.

Jack Straw: The latest adult reoffending statistics for England and Wales, 'Reoffending of adults: results from the 2006 cohort', were published on 4 September 2008. These indicate that there has been significant success in reducing reoffending. Between 2000 and 2006 the number of offences committed by offenders commencing court orders under probation supervision has fallen 23.4 per cent. from 158.8 to 121.7 offences per 100 offenders.
	Re-offending data for North Liverpool and Salford are not yet available due to the need for a large number of sentenced offenders (where enough time has elapsed since the sentence was given to measure reoffending) and time to collect the data. Data on the compliance of all sentences for the Salford Community Justice Initiative are not available for similar reasons.
	Data on compliance of sentences for the North Liverpool Community Justice Centre are not available for similar reasons. However, anecdotal information published in an evaluation of the key components of the Centre, published in October 2007, reported that staff at the centre perceived that the increase in support and the offenders' enhanced sense of accountability had improved compliance.
	To date no assessment has been made of the effects of the Community Justice Centre in North Liverpool and the Salford Community Justice initiative on sentencing.
	Evidence of public perceptions of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in North Liverpool was published in October 2007 as part of a survey of local residents over the period June 2005 to January 2007. This showed that although confidence in the CJS had decreased, it had not dropped as sharply as confidence in the CJS recorded by the British Crime Survey for Merseyside as a whole over the same period. This suggests that the centre had helped to increase confidence locally so that the decline was not as large as it was in other areas. There has been no assessment of the effects of the Salford Community Justice initiative on public perceptions of the CJS.
	The Criminal Statics Annual Report published by the Ministry of Justice for 2007, gives the percentage of defendants bailed to attend magistrates' courts, who then failed to appear at 11 per cent. Attendance rates data are not available for the North Liverpool and Salford community justice projects
	The Ministry of Justice published three evaluation reports in October 2007. These were a qualitative evaluation of the key components of North Liverpool, a qualitative evaluation of the implementation of the Salford project, and the results of a survey, carried out in three waves over time, of the perception of local residents in North Liverpool. There are no evaluations or assessments of the 11 newer projects.
	The 13 community justice courts in England and Wales are located at Birmingham, Bradford, Plymouth, Hull, Leicester, Merthyr Tydfil, Middlesbrough (Teesside Magistrates' Court) Nottingham, North Liverpool, Salford, and three locations in London, Haringey, Newham (Stratford Magistrates' Court) and Wandsworth (South Western Magistrates' Court).

Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2009,  Official Report, column 502W, on departmental training, what the  (a) Presentation and Public Speaking Skills and  (b) Introduction Workshop for New Ministers course cost; and which Ministers attended each.

Ann McKechin: The two courses attended by Scotland Office Ministers in the period concerned were attended to enable Ministers to carry out their duties effectively in line with the Ministerial Code. The total cost of the courses was £2,316.85.
	Identifying Ministers who undertake training would, or would be likely to, discourage participation in future training sessions, acting as a disincentive for Ministers to undertake formal professional development.

Council Housing: Rents

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 6 March 2009,  Official Report, columns 71-2WS, on local authority rents, whether an impact assessment has been prepared in relation to the proposals.

Iain Wright: No impact assessment was made. Impact assessments are not routinely undertaken in setting the annual HRA Subsidy Determination as the exercise operates on a notional basis.
	Local authorities are responsible for setting their own rents, having regard to the HRA subsidy determination, local resources and affordability issues.

Departmental Redundancy

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 26 November 2008,  Official Report, columns 1511-12W, on redundancy, how many staff left her Department under staff exit schemes with a severance package worth  (a) between £100,000 and £125,000,  (b) between £125,001 and £150,000,  (c) between £150,001 and £200,000,  (d) between £200,001 and £250,000,  (e) between £250,001 and £500,000,  (f) between £500,001 and £1,000,000 and  (g) over £1,000,000 in each year since 2005-06.

Sadiq Khan: The following table shows further analysis of packages for the 18 packages of over £100,000:
	
		
			  Number undertaking exit schemes by compensation lump sum amounts over £100,000 
			   2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Total 4 7 7 
			 £100,000 to £125,000 1 2 1 
			 £125,001 to £150,000 — 1 1 
			 £150,001 to £200,000 1 3 3 
			 £200,001 to £250,000 2 1 2 
			 £250,001 to £500,000 — — — 
			 £500,001 to £1,000,000 — — — 
			 Over £1,000,000 — — —

Homebuy Scheme

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many Homebuy homes have been sold on the open market by their first owner in each region in England.

Margaret Beckett: Information on the number of homes subsequently sold on the open market by the first owner under the three HomeBuy products (New Build, Open Market and Social HomeBuy) is not held centrally.
	Subsequent sales information will be collected for New Build HomeBuy (shared ownership) homes which have been allocated funding through the Homes and Communities Agency National Affordable Housing Programme from April 2008.
	New Build and Social HomeBuy homes may only be sold on the open market if the landlord is unable to nominate the next purchaser from their waiting list. Where New Build and Social HomeBuy purchasers own a 100 per cent. of their home, the landlord has the first option to buy back the home on resale.
	Open Market HomeBuy purchasers select their property on the open market and may resell on the same basis but are required to repay their equity loan before doing so. If purchasers wish they may redeem their equity loan at any time when they can afford
	to do so and continue to live in the property.
	Information on the total number of equity loan redemptions (both full and partial) and shared owners increasing their equity share in the last three years is set out in the table. Resales of the properties are not identified separately and redemptions are not broken down by region.
	
		
			  Number of  open market  HomeBuy equity loan redemptions 
			   Number 
			 2005-06 1,265 
			 2006-07 1,704 
			 2007-08 1,678

Housing: Private Finance Initiative

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will take steps to accelerate the completion of private finance initiative housebuilding schemes.

Margaret Beckett: The Department, through its Central Private Finance Unit in association with the HCA, is actively engaged in measures to help ensure the efficient and effective procurement of its Housing PFI programme and projects.
	Steps taken by the Department include: transfer of Housing PFI delivery responsibilities from CLG to the HCA; setting procurement target timescales; updating the Housing PFI Procurement Pack Guidance, currently underway; monitoring the progress of individual projects; and keeping in close contact with local authorities on projects, offering advice and support as required.
	The Department is keeping the procurement of its Housing PFI projects under regular review.

Council Tax Benefits

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of applicants for council tax benefit whose application was successful in the latest period for which figures are available.

Kitty Ussher: We estimate that in 2007-08 67 per cent. of all new council tax benefit claims were successful.
	 Notes
	1. Not all local authorities return their quarterly clerical forms; Figures for any non-responding authorities have not been estimated.
	2. Claim processing data is supplied to DWP by local authorities and is un-audited.
	 Source
	Quarterly Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Administration Data.

Mortgage Relief: Crosby

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1284-85W, on homelessness, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Crosby constituency who will receive support from the Support for Mortgage Interest Scheme in each year following its entry into force.

Kitty Ussher: The information is not available.

Social Fund

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much of the funds lent under the  (a) budgeting loans scheme and  (b) crisis loan scheme were overdue for repayment in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available.

Kitty Ussher: Standard repayment terms for social fund loans are 104 weeks, and in exceptional circumstances this can be extended to 130 weeks. Recoveries can also be rescheduled for a number of reasons including a customer experiencing hardship or entering custody or care.
	
		
			  Amount overdue( 1)  
			  £ million 
			   Budgeting loans  Crisis loans 
			
			 2005-06 120 75 
			 2006-07 133 89 
			 2007-08 152 101 
			 (1 )Over two years old. 
		
	
	From 2006, as part of a policy designed to make the social fund more accessible to customers and make the repayment terms less onerous, the amounts people might borrow were increased by 50 per cent. and the repayment terms extended. Accordingly the amounts, lent and outstanding, grew as a consequence of these changes.
	Around £8 billion in loans has been awarded since 1988, of which £900 million remains outstanding. Only £38 million (0.5 per cent.) has been written off to date and recoveries continue to be pursued beyond the 104 and 130 weeks date for both on and off benefit customers.

Written Questions: Government Responses

Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to reply to question  (a) 257376, on research into pensioner savings,  (b) 257377, on pension credit calculation,  (c) 257378, on pension credit income attribution,  (d) 257379, on pension credit income attribution and  (e) 257380, on pensioner income from savings, tabled on 11 February 2009.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 10 March 2009
	The right hon. Member's questions were answered as follows:
	257377, 257378 and 257379 on 10 March 2009,  Official Report, column 272W.
	257376 and 257380 on 12 March 2009,  Official Report, column 687W.

Armed Forces: Death

Joan Humble: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many  (a) combat and  (b) non-combat deaths of personnel of each of the armed forces there were in (i) Iraq, (ii) Afghanistan, (iii) Germany and (iv) other overseas postings in (A) 2003 and (B) 2008.

Bob Ainsworth: The following table provides a breakdown by country of deaths to UK Service personnel:
	
		
			  Table: Combat and non-combat deaths to UK Service personnel, 2003 and 2008, numbers 
			   2003  2008( 1) 
			  Country( 2)  All  Naval Service  Army  RAF  All  Naval Service  Army  RAF 
			  Iraq(3) 
			 Combat 40 14 24 2 2 0 1 1 
			 Non-combat 12 1 9 2 2 0 2 0 
			  
			  Afghanistan 
			 Combat 0 0 0 0 50 16 32 2 
			 Non-combat 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 
			  
			  Germany 
			 Combat 0 0 0 0 — — — — 
			 Non-combat 9 0 9 0 — — — — 
			  
			  Other overseas 
			 Combat 0 0 0 0 — — — — 
			 Non-combat 11 3 8 0 — — — — 
			 (1) Data for 2008 is not available, other than for Iraq and Afghanistan, until 31 March 2009.  (2) Country of death includes all personnel who died in that country regardless of their posting location.  (3) Two Service personnel (one Army, one RAF) died as a result of non-combat injuries after return to the UK; these have been included in the Iraq fatalities.

Armed Forces: Death

Joan Humble: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel died in the UK as a result of  (a) natural causes,  (b) road traffic accidents,  (c) suicide or self-inflicted causes and  (d) other causes, including outstanding coroner's verdicts, in (i) 2003 and (ii) 2008.

Bob Ainsworth: The following table provides a breakdown by cause of death for UK regular service personnel.
	
		
			  Table: UK deaths by cause for UK regular armed forces personnel, 2003 and 2007, numbers 
			  Cause of death  2003  2007 
			 All 107 93 
			 Natural causes 34 31 
			 Road traffic accidents 39 35 
			 Suicide and open verdicts 23 7 
			 Other causes(1) 11 20 
			 (1) In addition, two service personnel died in the UK in 2007 as a result of injuries sustained as a result of hostile action in Iraq. 
		
	
	Of the deaths as a result of "other causes" in 2003, there is one death awaiting a coroner's inquest.
	Of the deaths as a result of "other causes" in 2007, the latest year DASA has published cause of death information, there are seven deaths awaiting a coroner's inquest.

Armed Forces: Northern Ireland

Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there have been any changes to the number of military personnel on duty in Northern Ireland since the murders of the two soldiers at Massereene army base on 7 March 2009.

Bob Ainsworth: Following the attack outside Massereene barracks on 7 March the military element of base security in Northern Ireland has been enhanced. This has resulted in an increase in the number of military personnel on duty. I am withholding further details as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the armed forces.

Civil Contingency Reaction Forces: Finance

Andrew Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the Strategic Defence Review New Chapter of 2002, what the budget of the Civil Contingency Reaction Force is; what dedicated assets it has; and how many people are assigned to it.

Bob Ainsworth: There are 13 Civil Contingency Reaction Forces (CCRF) drawn from the reserve forces of all three services. They can provide general duties support, which may be used to supplement the local civil emergency response capabilities. The core of a CCRF is formed around a TA infantry battalion (approximately 500 personnel) with its command structure, integral communications, logistic support and sub units. CCRFs are commanded by the regional brigade and may include volunteers from all arms of the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Marines Reserve the Territorial Army and the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
	The CCRFs are funded through the divisional budget in order to ensure the personnel are appropriately trained to carry out the roles required of them. They have no dedicated assets beyond the normal equipment held by their parent unit(s). If called to deploy, they would draw on the local divisional equipment pool for any additional equipment needed to suit the emergency requirement e.g. shelters, camp beds, tables, tarpaulins, sandbags, torches. They would be provided with the necessary resources to complete their task.

Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff in his Department  (a) were disciplined and  (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last 12 months.

Kevan Jones: The Ministry of Defence does not discipline its employees for reasons of illness. It has a range of restoring efficiency procedures to restore and maintain acceptable levels of attendance and deals with staff whose excessive sickness absence and attendance record has become a cause for concern. Employment can be terminated where patterns of irregular attendance from staff becomes unacceptable, or where long-term sickness absence persists and there is no prospect of a regular return to work. Some staff may also qualify for ill health retirement in certain circumstances, under the terms of their pension scheme.
	In the period March 2008 to February 2009, the MOD dismissed 59 civilian employees for unacceptable attendance, 29 for long-term sickness absence and granted ill health retirement to a further 157 employees. A monthly breakdown of this is as follows:
	
		
			   2008  2009  
			  Reason  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec  Jan  Feb  Total 
			 Irregular 1 4 7 6 5 12 3 6 4 2 7 2 59 
			 Long term 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 4 9 6 0 2 29 
			 Ill health 10 17 15 14 18 12 11 14 20 7 13 6 157 
			 Total 12 21 23 20 24 27 16 24 33 15 20 10 245

Departmental Public Consultation

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what payments for  (a) polling and  (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement.

Ben Bradshaw: No payments have been made by the Department to Deborah Mattinson. Since 31 December 2007, Opinion Leader Research Limited have been paid £230,871 in total by the Department for a range of work, contracts for which were awarded using standard procurement processes.

Eating Disorders

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many 18 to 21 year-olds were admitted to each  (a) hospital and  (b) university hospital for eating disorders in each of the last 10 years; and what the rate of admissions for eating disorders per 1,000 admissions for 18 to 21 year-olds was for (i) university hospitals, (ii) other hospitals and (iii) all hospitals in each of the last 10 years.

Phil Hope: The following tables show what data is held on the number of 18 to 21 year-olds admitted into national health service care for eating disorders in the last 10 years.
	
		
			  Count and rate of admissions where there was a primary diagnosis of eating disorders* per 1,000 admissions for 18 to 21 year-olds in each Strategic Health Authority (SHA) of treatment from 2005-06 to 1998-99, Activity in English national health service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector 
			2005-06  2004-05  2003-04  2002-03 
			Total admissions for eating disorders  Rate per 1,000 admissions  Total admissions for eating disorders  Rate per 1,000 admissions  Total admissions for eating disorders  Rate per 1,000 admissions  Total admissions for eating disorders  Rate per 1,000 admissions 
			  Total (England) 284 0.60 271 0.61 262 0.62 234 0.57 
			 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA 12 0.60 9 0.49 10 0.54 15 0.86 
			 Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA * * * * * * 6 0.73 
			 Q03 Essex SHA 7 0.60 * * * * * * 
			 Q04 North West London SHA * * 8 0.63 8 0.67 * * 
			 Q05 North Central London SHA 19 1.64 12 1.09 15 1.38 9 0.85 
			 Q06 North East London SHA — — — — — — * * 
			 Q07 South East London SHA 12 0.77 14 1.02 14 1.11 10 0.83 
			 Q08 South West London SHA 29 3.01 17 1.86 15 1.83 12 1.54 
			 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA * * 11 0.69 12 0.79 6 0.39 
			 Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley SHA 6 0.41 14 1.02 9 0.67 6 0.47 
			 Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA 7 0.47 * * * * * * 
			 Q12 West Yorkshire SHA 23 0.92 17 0.70 13 0.53 14 0.58 
			 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire SHA * * * * 7 0.40 11 0.63 
			 Q14 Greater Manchester SHA 7 0.21 * * — — * * 
			 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside SHA 11 0.39 8 0.31 13 0.54 10 0.42 
			 Q16 Thames Valley SHA 21 1.27 13 0.81 20 1.38 13 0.98 
			 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA 7 0.55 6 0.51 * * — — 
			 Q18 Kent and Medway SHA * * * * * * 11 1.05 
			 Q19 Surrey and Sussex SHA 7 0.43 15 0.98 13 0.90 8 0.62 
			 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA 16 0.78 13 0.66 17 0.91 17 0.99 
			 Q21 South West Peninsula SHA 8 0.53 13 0.94 12 0.90 10 0.80 
			 Q22 Dorset and Somerset SHA 28 3.14 25 2.95 17 2.12 20 2.48 
			 Q23 South Yorkshire SHA * * 7 0.40 * * * * 
			 Q24 Trent SHA * * 11 0.52 10 0.48 9 0.44 
			 Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA 9 0.56 6 0.41 15 1.05 9 0.66 
			 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA * * 6 0.47 9 0.70 * * 
			 Q27 Birmingham and The Black Country SHA 12 0.40 10 0.38 8 0.32 13 0.51 
			 Q28 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire SHA 19 1.57 21 1.75 * * 7 0.61 
			 Y Not known — — — — — — — — 
		
	
	
		
			2001-02  2000-01  1999-00  1998-99 
			Total admissions for eating disorders  Rate per 1 , 000 admissions  Total admissions for eating disorders  Rate per 1 , 000 admissions  Total admissions for eating disorders  Rate per 1 , 000 admissions  Total admissions for eating disorders  Rate per 1 , 000 admissions 
			  Total (England) 253 0.63 224 0.54 280 0.68 212 0.53 
			 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA 16 0.95 13 0.81 10 0.62 * * 
			 Q02 Bedfordshire And Hertfordshire SHA * * * * * * — — 
			 Q03 Essex SHA 8 0.83 * * 6 0.60 * * 
			 Q04 North West London SHA 10 1.11 * * 8 0.75 — — 
			 Q05 North Central London SHA * * 14 1.25 * * * * 
			 Q06 North East London SHA * * * * — — — — 
			 Q07 South East London SHA 10 0.91 11 0.98 16 1.33 — — 
			 Q08 South West London SHA 15 1.92 20 2.41 21 2.61 * * 
			 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA * * * * * * * * 
			 Q10 County Durham And Tees Valley SHA * * * * * * * * 
			 Q11 North And East Yorkshire And Northern Lincolnshire SHA 9 0.66 6 0.45 * * — — 
			 Q12 West Yorkshire SHA 26 1.10 17 0.69 17 0.75 8 0.56 
			 Q13 Cumbria And Lancashire SHA * * * * * * * * 
			 Q14 Greater Manchester SHA * * * * * * * * 
			 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside SHA 10 0.42 8 0.38 18 0.85 8 0.42 
			 Q16 Thames Valley SHA 11 0.78 11 0.76 6 0.45 6 0.50 
			 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA * * 7 0.54 16 1.37 * * 
			 Q18 Kent and Medway SHA * * 8 0.77 12 1.33 * * 
			 Q19 Surrey and Sussex SHA * * * * * * * * 
			 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA 9 0.71 20 1.52 11 0.87 * * 
			 Q21 South West Peninsula SHA 12 0.97 * * * * 9 0.77 
			 Q22 Dorset and Somerset SHA 18 2.34 * * 22 2.79 13 1.74 
			 Q23 South Yorkshire SHA * * 6 0.57 * * * * 
			 Q24 Trent SHA 10 0.49 * * * * * * 
			 Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA * * * * 7 0.52 * * 
			 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA * * * * 8 0.68 * * 
			 Q27 Birmingham and The Black Country SHA 23 1.09 11 0.52 11 0.52 10 0.55 
			 Q28 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire SHA * * * * * * * * 
			 Y Not Known 22 0.73 34 0.69 51 0.83 115 0.86 
			 '—' = No data available  Notes: Finished admission episodes A finished admission episode is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Finished admission episodes are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.  Primary diagnosis  The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 7 prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital. * Eating disorders are classified between the following ICD10 codes; F50.0 Anorexia nervosa F50.1 Atypical anorexia nervosa F50.2 Bulimia nervosa F50.3 Atypical bulimia nervosa F50.4 Overeating associated with other psychological disturbances F50.5 Vomiting associated with other psychological disturbances F50.8 Other eating disorders F50.9 Eating disorder, unspecified F98.2 Feeding disorder of infancy and childhood F98.3 Pica of infancy and childhood  Assessing growth through time HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. The quality and coverage of the data have improved over time. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. Some of the increase in figures for later years (particularly 2006-07 onwards) may be due to the improvement in the coverage of independent sector activity. Changes in NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example, a number of procedures may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and may no longer be accounted for in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time. Pri mary Care Trust (PCT)/SHA data quality PCT and SHA data was added to historic data years in the HES database using 2002-03 boundaries, as a one-off exercise in 2004. The quality of the data on PCT of treatment and SHA of treatment is poor in 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99, with over a third of all finished episodes having missing values in these years. Data quality of PCT of general practitioner (GP) practice and SHA of GP practice in 1997-98 and 1998-99 is also poor, with a high proportion missing values where practices changed or ceased to exist. There is less change in completeness of the residence-based fields over time, where the majority of unknown values are due to missing postcodes on birth episodes. Users of time series analysis including these years need to be aware of these issues in their interpretation of the data.  Data quality HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and PCTs in England. Data is also received from a number of independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.  Ungrossed data Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in the data, i.e. the data are ungrossed.  Small numbers To protect patient confidentiality, figures between one and five have been suppressed and replaced with "*" (an asterisk). Where it was possible to identify numbers from the total due to a single suppressed number in a row or column, an additional number (the next smallest) has been suppressed.  Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care 
		
	
	
		
			  Count and rate of admissions where there was a primary diagnosis of eating disorders* per 1000 admissions for 18 to 21 year-olds in each Strategic Health Authority of treatment from 2007-08 to 2006-07, Activity in English national health service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector 
			2007-08  2006-07 
			Total admissions for eating disorders  Rate per 1000 admissions  Total admissions for eating disorders  Rate per 1000 admissions 
			  Total (England) 250 0.51 313 0.65 
			 Q30 North East Strategic Health Authority 10 0.32 20 0.63 
			 Q31 North West Strategic Health Authority 20 0.24 23 0.28 
			 Q32 Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority 44 0.74 38 0.66 
			 Q33 East Midlands Strategic Health Authority 16 0.40 16 0.42 
			 Q34 West Midlands Strategic Health Authority 16 0.27 29 0.51 
			 Q35 East of England Strategic Health Authority 24 0.57 20 0.49 
			 Q36 London Strategic Health Authority 26 0.37 71 1.05 
			 Q37 South East Coast Strategic Health Authority 9 0.31 20 0.72 
			 Q38 South Central Strategic Health Authority 29 0.95 40 1.41 
			 Q39 South West Strategic Health Authority 56 1.15 36 0.78 
			  Notes:  Q30 North East SHA Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley  Q31 North West SHA Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire Q14 Greater Manchester Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside  Q32 Yorkshire and Humber SHA Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Q12 West Yorkshire Q23 South Yorkshire  Q33 East Midlands SHA Q24 Trent Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland  Q34 West Midlands SHA Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire Q27 Birmingham and the Black Country Q28 West Midlands South  Q35 East of England SHA Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire  Q36 London Q04 North West London Q05 North Central London Q06 North East London Q07 South East London Q08 South West London  Q38 South East Coast SHA Q16 Thames Valley Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight  Q37 South Central SHA Q18 Kent and Medway Q19 Surrey and Sussex  Q39 South West SHA Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Q21 South West Peninsula Q22 Dorset and Somerset The following data does not include patients with overeating (ICD10 code R63.2 Polyphagia) that have not been formally diagnosed with a condition classified as a mental or behavioural disorder.

Fire Services: Vaccination

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 28 January 2009,  Official Report, column 636W, on fire services: vaccination, whether he plans to review the practice of not distributing antiviral drugs to firefighters in the event of an influenza pandemic.

Dawn Primarolo: In the event of a pandemic, our policy is to provide treatment to all who need it, irrespective of the profession to which they belong. We are currently increasing our antiviral stockpile to ensure that there will be enough to treat up to 50 per cent. of the population in a pandemic, the reasonable worst case scenario of the number of people likely to exhibit symptoms of pandemic influenza. This stockpile is due to be in place by April 2009.

Hospital Beds

James Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many acute hospital beds there were per 1,000 of local populations in each health authority area in each of the last 10 years.

Ben Bradshaw: The average daily number of available acute beds in wards open overnight per 1,000 of local population in each strategic health authority (SHA) area is shown in the following table. The current 10 SHAs were established on 1 July 2006. Prior to this there were 28 SHAs. Data for 1997-98 to 2001-02 has been mapped to the 28 SHAs that were established on 1 April 2002 as Office for National Statistics population estimates have been produced at this level.
	Bed numbers have fallen because hospitals are dealing with patients more efficiently and more people are treated in primary care settings—experts all agree that this is the best way to deliver health care to patients.
	Advances in medical technology and shorter stays for routine operations mean fewer beds are needed across the service—this is part of a long-term downward trend in the average length of stay in hospital. But where the NHS needs more beds, there are more beds. For example, in day surgery, the number of day-only beds has increased by more than 47 per cent. since 1997-98, and we now have 55 per cent. more critical care beds and 116 per cent. more intermediate care beds than we had in 2000.
	
		
			  Average daily number of available acute beds in wards open overnight per 1,000 population 
			  SHA code  SHA name  2006-07  2007-08 
			  England 2.05 1.98 
			 
			 Q30 North East 2.56 2.45 
			 Q31 North West 2.47 2.35 
			 Q32 Yorkshire and the Humber 2.28 2.18 
			 Q33 East Midlands 1.81 1.80 
			 Q34 West Midlands 2.16 2.14 
			 Q35 East of England 1.54 1.51 
			 Q36 London 2.08 1.94 
			 Q37 South East Coast 1.61 1.53 
			 Q38 South Central 1.64 1.64 
			 Q39 South West 2.30 2.24 
		
	
	
		
			  SHA code  SHA name  1997-98  1998-99  1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 
			  England 2.22 2.21 2.19 2.19 2.19 2.19 2.20 2.19 2.14 
			
			 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA 2.15 2.13 2.12 2.15 2.13 2.13 2.19 2.12 1.98 
			 Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA 0.99 1.00 1.00 1.22 1.28 1.25 1.29 1.38 1.26 
			 Q03 Essex Strategic HA 1.48 1.46 1.47 1.49 1.47 1.49 1.52 1.51 1.51 
			 Q04 North West London Strategic HA 2.59 2.66 2.40 2.22 2.19 2.16 2.17 2.22 2.13 
			 Q05 North Central London Strategic HA 3.12 2.99 2.87 2.81 2.71 2.68 2.78 2.69 2.64 
			 Q06 North East London Strategic HA 2.38 2.33 2.16 2.22 2.24 2.24 2.26 2.21 2.22 
			 Q07 South East London Strategic HA 2.32 2.26 2.25 2.27 2.21 2.09 2.09 2.05 1.92 
			 Q08 South West London Strategic HA 1.95 1.93 2.15 2.14 2.15 2.04 2.12 2.19 2.15 
			 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Strategic HA 2.76 2.76 2.76 2.74 2.76 2.74 2.75 2.74 2.77 
			 Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley SHA 2.65 2.62 2.59 2.59 2.49 2.41 2.45 2.38 2.33 
			 Q11 North and East Yorkshire and North Lincs SHA 2.02 1.90 1.89 1.92 1.91 1.97 1.94 1.94 1.92 
			 Q12 West Yorkshire Strategic HA 2.49 2.44 2.42 2.43 2.38 2.30 2.28 2.20 2.13 
			 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic HA 2.42 2.47 2.39 2.43 2.32 2.32 2.30 2.21 2.20 
			 Q14 Greater Manchester Strategic HA 2.83 2.82 2.82 2.80 2.83 2.78 2.82 2.79 2.71 
			 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic HA 2.51 2.51 2.60 2.67 2.69 2.70 2.72 2.77 2.68 
			 Q16 Thames Valley Strategic HA 1.90 1.86 1.81 1.65 1.82 1.85 1.85 1.84 1.80 
			 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic HA 1.87 1.81 1.78 1.91 1.92 1.94 2.00 2.00 1.83 
			 Q18 Kent and Medway Strategic HA 1.67 1.67 1.69 1.70 1.62 1.57 1.55 1.57 1.54 
			 Q19 Surrey and Sussex Strategic HA 1.88 1.83 1.70 1.77 1.84 1.79 1.92 1.84 1.80 
			 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA 2.32 2.40 2.40 2.33 2.34 2.42 2.43 2.43 2.56 
			 Q21 South West Peninsula Strategic HA 2.43 2.45 2.48 2.50 2.61 2.58 2.61 2.57 2.50 
			 Q22 Dorset and Somerset Strategic HA 2.21 2.16 2.16 2.15 2.14 2.15 2.24 2.19 2.16 
			 Q23 South Yorkshire Strategic HA 2.78 2.88 2.81 2.83 2.93 3.07 2.97 3.02 3.05 
			 Q24 Trent Strategic HA 2.12 2.12 2.17 2.11 2.02 1.96 1.94 1.90 1.85 
			 Q25 Leics, Northants and Rutland SHA 1.91 1.92 1.96 1.94 1.91 1.99 1.95 1.89 1.93 
			 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA 1.77 1.84 1.83 1.89 1.90 1.85 1.85 1.83 1.78 
			 Q27 Birmingham and The Black Country SHA 2.52 2.55 2.55 2.60 2.60 2.66 2.62 2.68 2.69 
			 Q28 West Midlands South Strategic HA 1.99 1.98 2.00 1.97 2.06 2.15 2.06 2.07 2.07 
			  Notes: 1. The data are for beds in wards open overnight only.  2. The data on day-only beds cannot be split by sector to show just acute beds.   Source:  Department of Health KH03 return, ONS Mid Year population estimates.

Social Services: Standards

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the implications of the Laming Report for his Department's procedures for handling adult social care serious case reviews; and if he will make a statement.

Phil Hope: The Department is carefully considering the Laming report in relation to adult safeguarding. The review of 'No Secrets' is currently analysing the responses to the recent public consultation, which includes responses to specific questions about serious case reviews. The publication of the Laming Report is therefore timely, as the Government are now considering their recommendations as part of the broader review of adult safeguarding.

Trans: A Practical Guide to the NHS

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department's publication, Trans: A practical guide to the NHS cost, to produce.

Phil Hope: The cost to the Department of producing "Trans: A practical guide for the NHS" was £24,165 (excluding VAT).

Vulnerable Adults: Protection

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what timetable he has set for consideration of the outcomes of his consultation on No Secrets guidance; how many responses to the consultation he received; how many responses have proposed the introduction of legislation; how much his Department has spent on the review and consultation to date; and if he will make a statement.

Phil Hope: The public consultation "Safeguarding Adults: A Consultation on the Review of the 'No Secrets' Guidance" closed on 31 January 2009, following unprecedented levels of engagement from a wide range of organisations and individuals. The consultation involved several thousand people participating in a number of varied events across England. These were successful in gaining valuable participation from a wide range of service users, including older people, those with mental health needs and learning disabilities, along with other members of the community. In addition, there was also active participation from several thousand professional workers in the Police, social work, medical sector, national health service, voluntary, legal and housing sectors.
	The Department is leading the review of 'No Secrets' and is now analysing the 500 detailed written consultation responses received, which include extensive comments covering all the points and questions in the consultation document. Many of these responses exceed 20 pages. The Government will publish a report once the analysis is complete. At this early stage, it is not possible to be precise about when this might be. Nor is it yet possible to say how many responses proposed the introduction of legislation. The costs of the review and consultation will be calculated once the review has concluded.

Weather

Ian Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to mitigate the effects of high temperatures in summer on the health of  (a) elderly people,  (b) young people and  (c) other vulnerable groups.

Dawn Primarolo: The Department produces an annual updated Heatwave Plan which includes steps to reduce the effects of high temperatures in summer, especially for those groups who's health is most likely to be affected, including the very young, the elderly and other vulnerable groups. This guidance is disseminated to health and social care organisations and local authorities. Additionally, there is a public facing information leaflet on how individuals can protect themselves in hot weather.

Wheelchairs

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Romsey of 10 March 2009,  Official Report, column 393W, on wheelchairs, when his Department first announced its intention to produce a new model for wheelchair services; when he expects to publish the new model; how much his Department has spent on the work to date; and if he will make a statement.

Phil Hope: The Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchair Services Programme (TCEWS) was launched in June 2006. The Care Services Efficiency Delivery Programme were commissioned to look at community equipment and wheelchair services in parallel but as the data were insufficient to develop an outline business case necessary to make robust recommendations for the way forward, a further in-depth data collection around wheelchairs services took place during 2007.
	It is estimated that the Department has spent a total £323,000 on data collection and development of a new model of wheelchair services delivery. A more defined figure is not available as the earlier programme included community equipment and wheelchairs services.
	Discussions are ongoing within the Department on the future model for wheelchair services so as to ensure that a model is developed which is suitable for the people using services and the national health service. A report and a proposal will be taken to the NHS Board later this spring.

Overseas Students

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many students from other EU member states in receipt of  (a) full,  (b) partial and  (c) no maintenance grants (i) from each local authority in England and (ii) attending English universities there (A) were in 2007-08 and (B) are in 2008-09.

David Lammy: The data provided in the three tables placed in the House Libraries shows the number of students in receipt of full, partial and nil maintenance from each award authority in England for pre-2008 entry cohorts in academic years 2007/08 and 2008/09 as well as for the 2008 entry cohort in 2008/09.
	Students attending English universities from outside the UK and within the EU are not generally entitled to a maintenance grant.
	However the data provided include certain groups of EU nationals for example those who have lived in the UK and Islands three years prior to the start of their course, EEA migrant workers and certain family members.
	Data excludes students who started their course in 2004/05 and 2005/06 and received a Higher Education Grant.

Children: Protection

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 1698-99W, on children: protection, how many representations on child protection issues his Department has passed to the inspectorates on the more formal basis identified in the answer; and what the formal basis referred to is.

Beverley Hughes: holding answer 29 January 2009
	It is not possible to quantify the number of cases referred to inspectorates by the Department for Children, Schools and Families on a formal basis. The Department communicates routinely with Ofsted and other inspectorates from across the Department. Where communication is on a more formal basis it is because it relates, for instance, to inspectorates' inspection and regulatory functions.

Children: Protection

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which  (a) individuals and  (b) organisations were briefed by (i) him, (b) other Ministers and (iii) departmental officials on the contents of Lord Laming's report into safeguarding children, before mid-day on 12 March 2009.

Edward Balls: holding answer 18 March  2009
	DCSF Ministers did not brief any individual or organisations on the contents of Lord Laming's report before mid-day on 12 March. Individuals and organisations whose representatives were briefed by DCSF officials or given embargoed access to the report before that time included:
	Annette Brooke MP
	Michael Gove MP
	Barry Sheerman MP
	Association of Chief Police Officers
	Association of Directors of Children's Services
	Barnardo's
	The Children's Society
	Children's Workforce Development Council
	General Social Care Council
	National Children's Bureau (NCB)
	Action for Children
	National College for School Leadership
	National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children
	NHS Confederation
	Ofsted
	11 Million
	Local Government Association
	Phoenix Chief Advocates
	Social Work Task Force
	Sir Roger Singleton

Children: Protection

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to his statement of 3 February 2009,  Official Report, column 789, by whom the child protection systems of Sweden and Denmark have been commended for their use of the integrated children's system.

Beverley Hughes: holding answer 12 February 2009
	A number of countries, including Sweden and Denmark, are using the conceptual framework which underpins the Integrated Children's System to develop their systems for assessing, planning, intervening and reviewing in respect of children who would be defined as children in need or looked after children. Each country has developed its own technology to enable social workers to record their work in electronic case records. Training courses for social workers in countries such as Denmark and Sweden have a strong pedagogic, child development and skills focus which enables them to make best use of the conceptual framework which is integral to the Integrated Children's System and its underpinning processes. In Sweden, an outcomes focus served to highlight the fact that even in a country with very high levels of universal services the health outcomes of looked after children were poorer than for those of other children.
	One of the benefits of the international collaboration on ICS has been the shared learning about implementation of such systems.
	In Australia, Barnardos have major projects involving the use of the Assessment Framework and Looking after Children Exemplars. They have designed and built their own IT systems for their practitioners to record their work with children and families. Their researchers and staff involved in implementing the projects have made positive comments about the use of the conceptual model that underpins ICS. In particular, that it helps staff focus on identifying the needs of individual children and on improving their outcomes.
	The following quote was made by one of the managers responsible for supporting the implementation of the Australian Barnardos project SCARF in a family support setting:
	"Firstly, workers became confident in using a common language, that is, they mean the same thing when they speak about such notions as strengthens, needs, risk of harm, or good enough parenting. Establishing a common language has had the effect of improving communication and reducing the chance of erroneous decisions in case management. Secondly workers using SCARF reported that they paid more attention to the effect their work had on the needs of the children rather than looking at its impact on the parent or carer."
	(Tolley S (2005), National Child Protection Clearinghouse Newsletter Vol. 13 No, 2, Winter 2005, pp 16- 17).

Food Technology: Facilities

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which 170 secondary schools have been awarded funding from the first tranche of funds for new practical cooking space in schools; and in which local authority area each is located.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The following table contains information regarding the 170 schools which have been awarded the funding for new practical cooking spaces and the local authority area, in which the schools are located.
	
		
			  Local authority  School 
			 Barnet Friern Barnet 
			 Barnet Henrietta Barnett 
			 Barnet Queen Elizabeth's School 
			 Bath and North East Somerset The Link School 
			 Bedfordshire Gilbert Inglefield Middle School 
			 Bexley Beths Grammar School (Boys) 
			 Bexley St. Columba's Catholic Boys' School 
			 Birmingham Al-Hijrah School 
			 Birmingham Bishop Vesey's Grammar School 
			 Birmingham Handsworth Grammar School 
			 Birmingham King Edward VI Aston School 
			 Birmingham King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys 
			 Birmingham Kings Norton Boys' School 
			 Bolton Firwood School 
			 Bolton Little Lever Specialist Language College 
			 Bournemouth Bournemouth School 
			 Brent Cardinal Hinsley RC High School 
			 Brent Preston Manor High School 
			 Brighton and Hove Cardinal Newman School (VA) 
			 Brighton and Hove Hillside Special School 
			 Bromley Hayes School 
			 Bromley Kelsey Park Sports College 
			 Bromley Ravens Wood School 
			 Bromley St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Grammar School 
			 Bromley The Ravensbourne School 
			 Buckinghamshire Dr. Challoner's Grammar 
			 Buckinghamshire John Hampden Grammar School 
			 Buckinghamshire Prestwood Lodge 
			 Buckinghamshire Royal Grammar School 
			 Buckinghamshire Sir William Borlase's Grammar 
			 Bury Manchester Mesivta 
			 Croydon Coloma Convent Girls School (VA) 
			 Croydon Edenham High School 
			 Croydon Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise School 
			 Croydon Riddlesdown 
			 Croydon Shirley High Performing Arts School 
			 Croydon St. Andrews CofE 
			 Croydon St. Josephs College 
			 Croydon St. Mary's High School 
			 Croydon Thomas Moore Catholic School 
			 Croydon Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School 
			 Croydon Westwood Girls College for Languages and Art 
			 Croydon Woodcote High School 
			 Devon Barley Lane School 
			 Devon Colyton Grammar 
			 Devon Lampard Community School 
			 Devon Pathfield 
			 East Sussex William Parker School 
			 East Sussex Willingdon School 
			 Enfield St. Ignatius College 
			 Essex Chelmsford County High School for Girls 
			 Essex Chelmsford, King Edward VI Grammar School 
			 Essex Colchester Royal Grammar School 
			 Essex Manningtree High School 
			 Essex Ramsden Hall School 
			 Gloucestershire Cam House 
			 Gloucestershire Pate's Grammar School 
			 Gloucestershire Sandford School 
			 Gloucestershire Sir Thomas Richs 
			 Gloucestershire The Crypt School 
			 Hampshire Limington House Special School 
			 Hampshire Purbrook Park School 
			 Harrow Bentley Wood High 
			 Harrow Canons High 
			 Harrow Harrow High 
			 Harrow Hatch End High 
			 Harrow Nower Hill High 
			 Harrow Park High 
			 Harrow Rooks Heath High 
			 Harrow Sacred Heart High (VA) 
			 Harrow Salvatorian College (VA) 
			 Harrow Shaftesbury 
			 Harrow Whitmore High 
			 Hertfordshire Brandies School 
			 Hertfordshire The Bishop's Stortford High 
			 Hertfordshire The Leventhorpe 
			 Hertfordshire Watford Grammar School for Boys 
			 Hounslow Gunnersbury Catholic School for Boys (VA) 
			 Hounslow Isleworth and Syon School for Boys 
			 Kent Dartford Grammar School 
			 Kent Dartford Grammar School for Girls 
			 Kent Invicta Grammar School 
			 Kent Maidstone Grammar School 
			 Kent Oakwood Park Grammar School 
			 Kent Simon Langton School for Boys 
			 Kent Skinners School 
			 Kent The Judd School 
			 Kent Tonbridge Grammar School 
			 Kent Wilmington Grammar School for Boys 
			 Kent Wrotham School 
			 Kingston Upon Thames The Tiffin Girls School 
			 Kingston Upon Thames Tiffin Boys School 
			 Kirklees Longley School 
			 Kirklees Lydgate School 
			 Lancashire Bleasdale House School 
			 Lancashire Hutton CE Grammar School 
			 Lancashire Lancaster Royal Grammar School 
			 Lancashire North Cliffe School 
			 Lancashire Red Marsh School 
			 Lancashire The Coppice School 
			 Lewisham Forest Hill School 
			 Lincolnshire Caistor Grammar School—Caistor 
			 Lincolnshire Carre's Grammar School—Sleaford 
			 Lincolnshire Freistan Learning Centre—Boston 
			 Lincolnshire Spalding Grammar School—Spalding 
			 Lincolnshire St. Hughs School 
			 Lincolnshire St. Bernards School 
			 Lincolnshire The Eresby School 
			 Lincolnshire The Garth School 
			 Lincolnshire The John Fielding Community Special School 
			 Lincolnshire The King's School 
			 Medway Chatham Grammar School for Boys 
			 Medway Greenacre School 
			 Medway Sir Joseph Williamson Mathematical School 
			 Medway The Howard School 
			 Medway The Rochester Grammar School 
			 Norfolk Archbishop Sancroft CE VA High School 
			 Norfolk Chapel Road Special School 
			 Norfolk Eaton Hall School 
			 North Somerset St. Katherine's Community Secondary School 
			 North Yorkshire Brooklands School 
			 North Yorkshire Ermysted's Grammar School 
			 Northamptonshire Greenfield Special School 
			 Northamptonshire Latimer Specialist Performing Arts College 
			 Northamptonshire Maplefields Special School 
			 Northamptonshire Northampton School for Boys 
			 Northumberland Ovingham Middle School 
			 Oxfordshire Iffley Mead 
			 Oxfordshire Northern House 
			 Oxfordshire St. Birinus Boys 
			 Plymouth Devonport High School for Boys 
			 Plymouth St. Boniface's Roman Catholic College (VA) 
			 Reading Reading School 
			 Redbridge Chadwell Heath Foundation School 
			 Redbridge Ilford County High School 
			 Redbridge New Rush Hall School 
			 Somerset Brymore School 
			 Somerset Critchill School 
			 Somerset Selworthy School 
			 Southend-on-Sea Southend High School for Boys 
			 Southend-on-Sea St. Thomas More High School 
			 Staffordshire Chasetown Community School 
			 Staffordshire Tore Campus Vocational Centre 
			 Staffordshire Walton Priory Middle School 
			 Staffordshire Windsor Park CE Middle School 
			 Stockport Windlehurst Special School 
			 Surrey Glyn Technology College 
			 Sutton John Fisher 
			 Sutton Sutton Grammar School 
			 Sutton Wallington County Grammar 
			 Sutton Wilsons 
			 Tameside Audenshaw High School 
			 Telford and Wrekin Newport Girls High School 
			 Telford and Wrekin Adams Grammar School (VA) 
			 Trafford Council Altrincham Grammar School for Boys 
			 Warwickshire Alcester High School 
			 Warwickshire King Edward VI School 
			 Warwickshire Lawrence Sheriff School 
			 Warwickshire Studley High School 
			 West Sussex Fordwater School 
			 Wiltshire Bishop Wordsworth's CE Grammar School for Boys 
			 Wiltshire Devizes Downland School 
			 Wiltshire Salisbury Exeter House Special School 
			 Wiltshire Trowbridge Larkrise School 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead St. Peter's Middle School (VA) 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead The Windsor Boys' School 
			 Wirral Calday Grange Grammar School 
			 Wirral Kilgarth School 
			 Wirral St. Anselm's College 
			 Wirral Wirral Grammar School for Boys 
		
	
	This information will be placed in the House Libraries. It will also be made available on the Teachernet website within the next few days via the following link:
	http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/schoolfunding/cookspaces/

General Certificate of Secondary Education

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 6 October 2008,  Official Report, columns 489-90W, on General Certificate of Secondary Education, how many and what proportion of  (a) all pupils and  (b) pupils eligible to receive free school meals did not attain any GCSE grades higher than D in each year since 2002, broken down by local authority area.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The information available will be placed in the House Libraries.
	Figures for 2002 have not been provided as these are not available on a comparable basis.

Special Educational Needs

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  how many and what percentage of pupils with  (a) a statement of special educational needs and  (b) unstatemented special educational needs who attended maintained special schools achieved five A* to G grades at GCSE in each year since 2003;
	(2)  how many and what percentage of pupils with  (a) a statement of special educational needs and  (b) unstatemented special educational needs who attended maintained special schools achieved (i) five A* to C grades in all subjects, (ii) five A* to C grades including English and mathematics and (iii) five A* to G grades at GCSE in each year since 2003.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Figures are available for the years 2006-08 only, and are provided in the following table:
	
		
			  Number and percentage of pupils who attend maintained special schools achieving GCSE and equivalents 
			2006  2007  2008 
			No.  %  No .  %  No.  % 
			 Children with a statement of special educational needs 5+ A* to C 39 0.4 47 0.5 52 0.5 
			  5+ A* to C including English and maths 17 0.2 21 0.2 30 0.3 
			  5+ A* to G 500 5.2 638 6.6 679 7.0 
			 
			 Children with special educational needs but without a statement 5+ A* to C (1)— (1)— 0 0 0 0 
			  5+ A* to C including English and maths (1)— (1)— 0 0 0 0 
			  5+ A* to G 7 11.1 7 11.5 11 14.7 
			 (1) Less than 5.  Notes: 1. Children with SEN but without a statement can only go to special schools in prescribed circumstances, for example for the purposes of an assessment of their SEN. The numbers of such children are very small and so the data for their results should be treated with caution. 2. Pupils at the end of Key Stage 4. 3. Figures are based on final data in 2006-07 and revised data in 2008.

Immigration: Statistics

Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will place in the Library a copy of the recent letter from the Minister of State for Borders and Immigration to the UK Statistics Authority on the topicality of statistical releases.

Phil Woolas: holding answer 9 March 2009
	A copy of the letter from the chief executive of the UK Border Agency has been placed in the House Library.

Offences against Children: Internet

Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1652W, on offences against children: internet, when her Department commenced its review of ways in which the final 5 per cent. of internet service providers could be covered by blocking; what timetable has been set to achieve 100 per cent. blocking coverage; and what steps she plans to take to achieve that objective.

Alan Campbell: The Government are considering all the options for progressing the final 5 per cent. of consumer broadband connections not currently covered by blocking. The Government will be setting out actions and time scales in due course.